Původní popis
de Santana, C. D. & D. C. Taphorn. 2006. Sternarchorhynchus gnomus, a new species of electric knifefish from the Lower Rio Caroni, Venezuela (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters v. 17 (no. 1): 1-8.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.